9800GX2 Quad-SLI / XFX 780i

baztop3 · Mar 27, 2008, 06:31 PM

hello all, dose anybody know if you can run 9800GX2 in Quad-SLI on the XFX 780i motherboard or is just the 790i boards?

thanks barry...

baztop3 · Mar 29, 2008, 09:25 PM

plz anybody??

ShadowFold · Mar 29, 2008, 09:27 PM

It should work on any Sli board but I would just use one until drivers mature.

baztop3 · Mar 29, 2008, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

It should work on any Sli board but I would just use one until drivers mature.

ok thanks for the reply, do you know if you can use 3 of the GX2's in Tri sli?

ShadowFold · Mar 29, 2008, 09:45 PM

No you cant. I dont even understand having 4 let alone 6 lol

DrPepper · Mar 29, 2008, 09:51 PM

No I don't think you can use tri sli because it is lacking the second sli bridge

You wouldn't notice the performance differance anyway.

DaedalusHelios · Mar 29, 2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPepper

No I don't think you can use tri sli because it is lacking the second sli bridge

You wouldn't notice the performance differance anyway.

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

baztop3 · Mar 29, 2008, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaedalusHelios

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

yer but it would be fun to have

DaedalusHelios · Mar 29, 2008, 10:25 PM

Too bad drivers don't support it and it doesn't have the second tab hardware wise.

I am about to get my second 9800GX2 for my 780i gaming rig.

DrPepper · Mar 29, 2008, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaedalusHelios

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

2 is overkill

but I doubt crysis could use 4 gpu's effectively without a patch

DaedalusHelios · Mar 29, 2008, 10:45 PM

It does pretty well At 1920x1200 at very high and above.

AA doesn't work though.

DrPepper · Mar 29, 2008, 10:53 PM

would that not kill it anyway with aa

DaedalusHelios · Mar 29, 2008, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPepper

would that not kill it anyway with aa

Nope. Two 9800 GX2's get 43 frames with a 3Ghz Quad Intel at 1920x1200 at "very high" and 4GBs of ram in 64bit Crysis.
It will probably be able to do better with the next driver update.

Thats $1,200 USD of graphics cards though.

DrPepper · Mar 29, 2008, 11:23 PM

My mum and dad probably spend that on cigarettes soo if they quit for a week I can have to 9800's

DaedalusHelios · Mar 30, 2008, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPepper

My mum and dad probably spend that on cigarettes soo if they quit for a week I can have to 9800's

In NC cigarettes aren't that expensive. Probably because the majority of them are made not to far from my house.

DrPepper · Mar 30, 2008, 01:08 AM

I live in the land of kilts and haggis though :P where the government tax it to hell

DaedalusHelios · Mar 30, 2008, 01:40 AM

The average pack of cigarettes here is $3.30USD. Thats with tax here.

What about over there?

Network_guy · Mar 31, 2008, 02:03 AM

$12 in canada

DaedalusHelios · Mar 31, 2008, 02:38 AM

You can get a off-brand carton for that over here.

I don't smoke but some of my friends do.

philbrown23 · Mar 31, 2008, 03:00 AM

here packs are $6.00 usd in vermont

Mar 27, 2008, 06:31 PM	#1
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Mar 29, 2008, 09:25 PM	#2
baztop3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 56 (0.02/day) Thanks: 18 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts System Specs	plz anybody??

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ShadowFold Eligible for custom title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 12,855 (6.50/day) Thanks: 1,381 Thanked 1,681 Times in 1,498 Posts System Specs	No you cant. I dont even understand having 4 let alone 6 lol

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DaedalusHelios Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,262 (2.22/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 817 Times in 699 Posts System Specs	Too bad drivers don't support it and it doesn't have the second tab hardware wise. I am about to get my second 9800GX2 for my 780i gaming rig.

Mar 29, 2008, 10:45 PM	#11
DaedalusHelios Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,262 (2.22/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 817 Times in 699 Posts System Specs	It does pretty well At 1920x1200 at very high and above. AA doesn't work though.

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DrPepper The Doctor is in the house Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Scotland (It rains alot) Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day) Thanks: 977 Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	would that not kill it anyway with aa

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DrPepper The Doctor is in the house Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Scotland (It rains alot) Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day) Thanks: 977 Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	My mum and dad probably spend that on cigarettes soo if they quit for a week I can have to 9800's

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DrPepper The Doctor is in the house Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Scotland (It rains alot) Posts: 6,423 (3.29/day) Thanks: 977 Thanked 828 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	I live in the land of kilts and haggis though :P where the government tax it to hell

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DaedalusHelios Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,262 (2.22/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 817 Times in 699 Posts System Specs	The average pack of cigarettes here is $3.30USD. Thats with tax here. What about over there?

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DaedalusHelios Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,262 (2.22/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 817 Times in 699 Posts System Specs	You can get a off-brand carton for that over here. I don't smoke but some of my friends do.

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